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Repeated high blood pressure at 6 and 11 years at the Pelotas 2004 birth cohort study.

Marília Cruz GuttierRaquel Siqueira BarcelosRodrigo Wiltgen FerreiraCaroline Cardozo BortolottoWilliam Jones DartoraMaria Inês SchmidtAlicia MatijasevichLuciana Tovo-RodriguesIná S Santos
Published in: BMC public health (2019)
Prevalence of repeated high SBP, DBP, and SDBP were within the expected distribution at the population level. Nonetheless, gestational diabetes mellitus, obesity, family history of hypertension, and prematurity increased the risk of repeated high blood pressure measured at two occasions 5 years apart.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • hypertensive patients
  • metabolic syndrome
  • heart rate
  • type diabetes
  • pregnant women
  • risk factors
  • weight loss
  • physical activity
  • adipose tissue